Hoplosternum littorale ( Hancock, 1828 )

Reia, Lais, S. da Costa e Silva, Gabriel, Garcia-Ayala, James R., P. F. Vicensotto, Ana Maria & Benine, Ricardo C., 2020, Ichthyofauna of the ribeirão Sucuri, a tributary of the rio Tietê, upper rio Paraná basin, southeastern Brazil, Check List 16 (3), pp. 711-728 : 721

Hoplosternum littorale ( Hancock, 1828)

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Original description. Callichthys littoralis Hancock 182 8: 244.

Material examined. BRAZIL • 2, 73.8−125.0 mm SL; São Paulo state, Pongaí, Córrego da Mina ; 21°43′45″S, 049°21′29″W; 24 May 2018; leg. Silva G.S.C. and Reia L. (LBP 26617) .

Identification. Body deep; mouth inferior; maxillary barbel long, surpassing gill opening. Body plates with minute odontodes restricted to posterior margins; lat- eral body plates in two longitudinal rows; dorsolateral rows with 23 or 24 plates; ventrolateral rows with 22 or 23 plates. Caudal fin bifurcated. Overall body coloration dark green to gray; darker fins.